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Lily Allen: I have regular therapy

Singer reveals she often has counselling

Lily Allen has been dating boyfriend Sam Cooper since August 2009

Lily Allen admits she gets professional help when she's feeling low.

'I work with a therapist on a regular basis,' says Lily.

'I'm quite capable of noticing when I'm taking a turn for the worse.

'Then I decide not to come to work for the next month, and I take time to concentrate on myself.

'I had to do that in January 2008 after my miscarriage.'

Lily, 25, recently scooped 3 Ivor Novello awards and is feeling buoyant, but finds comfort knowing she has someone to talk to when she's down..

'I haven't had to call my therapist recently,' she reveals in Lily Allen...In Confidence on SkyArts1.

'But if I felt there were repetitive negative thoughts going around in my head, I've had enough mental history to know to call someone for help.

'If the negative thoughts are about me, then it gets a bit more serious.'

Lily suffered a miscarriage in January 2008 while in a relationship with Chemical Brothers star Ed Simons.

Kate Lucey